1
- absolutely necessary; essential必不可少的; 必要的:
secrecy is of vital importance
保密极其重要
it is vital that the system is regularly maintained.
这个系统有必要经常维修。
1.1
- indispensable to the continuance of life维持生命所必需的:
the vital organs.
维持生命的器官。
2
- full of energy; lively充满活力的; 活泼的:
a beautiful, vital girl.
既美丽又活泼的姑娘。
3
- archaic fatal〈古〉致命的:
the wound is vital.
这个伤口是致命伤。
noun
vitals
- the body's important internal organs身体的重要内脏, 维持生命的重要器官。
派生词
vitally
adverb合理进食对健康极为重要。
词源
late Middle English (describing the animating principle of living beings, also in sense 2): via Old French from Latin vitalis, from vita 'life'. The sense 'essential' dates from the early 17th cent.